🏏Machen CC remembers those who have given their lives in service of their country. 🙏🏽 May they rest in peace.

🏏Winners of 💯 Club Draw💷 🥇42 Ian Thomas 🥈73 Maldwyn Williams Thank you all for your participation and support for our village cricket team. Anyone who’d like to join for £1 a month pls email Kim: [email protected] #Cricket #Caerphilly #Wales

Wishing a happy and peaceful #Diwali to all those in our community celebrating!

🏏Machen CC annual awards: Raja Saddam Yousaf- 1st XI top run scorer, wicket-taker & Players’ Player of the Year 👏🏽 Mike Fussell: 2nd XI batting and bowling awards💥 Muhammad Hassan: most improved player 👍🏾 Dewi Thomas: 2nd XI players’ player of the year & fielding award 🙌🏼

🏏Winners of Machen Cricket Club’s 💯 Club Draw 💷 🥇53 Martyn Morgan 🥈41 Tim Jordan Thank you to all members for your continued support for local cricket👏🏽 If you’d like to join for a quid a month Contact our Club Treasurer, Kim Deslandes for information. 📧[email protected]

🏏Machen CC awards saw Raja Saddam Yousaf honoured for being 1st XI top run scorer and wicket-taker as well as Players’ Player of the Year 👏🏽 Mike Fussell won batting & bowling awards for the 2nd XI 💥 Muhammad Hassan was most improved player 👍🏾 Dewi Thomas won 2nd XI players’ PoY & fielding award 🙌🏼

🏏Machen 1st XI 🆚 Crumlin OFF - unplayable conditions

🏏Winners of 💯 Club Draw💷 🥇90 Elinor Phipps 🥈21 Lowri Griffiths Thank you all for your participation, if you’d like to join for only £1 a month please📧[email protected]

🏏Machen u11s Presentation Evening with BBQ 💥 Thanks to all our players, coaches, organisers and families 👏🏽 Most improved male & players’ player- Jasper Most improved female- Amelia Coaches Award- Henry Best wicket of the season- Billy

🏏Thanks to all who bought tickets for the fund raising Machen CC Duck Race and everyone who helped out 👏🏽

🏏Final home game for Machen 2nd XI- come & support us 🆚 Hopkinstown 👏🏼 🗓️Sat 23 August ⏰1230 👍🏼Good luck to all Jonny Cross (capt), Dewi Thomas, Mike Fussell, Delme Smith, Dai Knox, Mike Clubb, Clive Fussell, Dan Leonard, Will Owen, Mark Odgers, Meirion Pugh

🏏Machen 1st XI at Miskin Manor 🗓️Sat 23 August ⏰12:30 👍🏼Good luck 💥Devinder Singh, Samir Khan, Raja Saddam Yousaf, Shah Khan (capt), Arshan Nayyar, Muhammad Hassan, Drashtant Pambhar (pic), Muhammad Shahzad, Deepak Kumar, Murad Mughal, Arbab Haroon

🏏4️⃣ W on the bounce for Machen 1st XI 🔥 Creigiau 194-5 in 45 (Murad Mughal 2-28, Raja Saddam Yousaf 2-32) Machen 196-5 in 39.1 (Raja 88* off 92, Muhammad Hassan 29) WIN BY 5 Wkts 🏏Machen 2nd XI lost to Cardiff Kits Machen 188-8 in 40 (Rhys Mellor Cretney 58, Jonny Cross 44) Kits 191-2 in 33.4

🏏3️⃣ to go ❗️Machen 1st XI 🆚 Creigiau on Sat 16 Aug, 1230 2nd XI 🆚 Cardiff Kits away 👏🏼Support welcome at the Welfare Or down the road at Bassaleg School for the 2s

🏏Machen 2nd XI lost to Llandaff 4th XI by 69 runs Llandaff 182: Nick Hatton 4-19, Jake Preston 4-44, Delme Smith 2-43 4 catches for Dewi Thomas Machen 113: Dewi 30, Mike Fussell 25

🏏Machen 1st XI beat Barry Athletic by 7 wickets in Div 3 🔥🔥 Barry Athletic 216 (43.1): Arbab Haroon 3-39, Muhammad Hassan 2-31, Murad Mughal 2-33 Machen 217-3 (32.1): Shah Khan 76, Salman Salman 44

🏏Machen 1st XI travel to Barry Athletic on Saturday 9 August while the 2nd XI host Llandaff at the Welfare Ground, both 1230 start 👍🏼Good luck to both teams, all support welcome 😎 Team details on Facebook

🏏Winners in 💯 Club Draw💷 🥇9 Ray Thomas 🥈88 Denise Jones 👍🏼Thanks all 100 club members for your support Any local grassroots sport supporters wishing to join our 100 Club there are numbers available, please contact our Treasurer Kim Deslandes 📧[email protected]

🏏Machen 1st XI beat Blackwood by 4 wickets Blackwood 190-5 (45) Machen 195-6 (41st) Muhammad Hassan 50*, Murad Mughal 42*; stand of 98 Machen 2nd XI lost to Serendib Lions by 5 wickets Machen 173 (39.5) Mike Fussell 44, Dewi Thomas 34, Dan Leonard 34 Lions 175-5 Mark Odgers 3-46, Dewi 2-20

🏏Into the final month of the season & Machen 1st XI host Blackwood while the second XI travel to play Serendib Lions at Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff😎 💥Both start at 1230 on Sat 2 August and all support (including dogs) welcome 👏🏽 👍🏼Team selections on Machen Cricket Facebook

🏏Machen under 11s hosted Abergavenny in their final match of the season with the visitors coming out on top. Thanks to all our players, Jonny, Delme, everyone who’s helped, and to all the families who’ve brought their youngsters & supported them. Enjoy the rest of your summer & see you soon😎

🏏Machen 1st XI beat Usk by 1 wicket💥 Usk 205/7 (Murad Mughal 2-32) Machen 206-9 (Raja Saddam Yousaf 39, Samir Khan 25, Murad 23*, Shah Khan 21) Machen 2nd XI beat Friends Union by 87 runs💥 Machen 265/9 (Mike Fussell 109, Dewi Thomas 46, Ian Thomas 41) Fr Union 178 (Delme Smith 3-19) Well done all👏🏽

🏏Machen 1st XI are at Usk today (Sat 26 July) while the 2nd XI host Friends Union Support welcome from 1230, good luck to all selected 💥

🏏Highlight of our weekend was 124* off 105 balls from 2nd XI opener Dewi Thomas, sharing stand of 138 with Dean Starling (57). But the 2s lost a high scoring game by 122 runs away to TAW CC while the 1st XI lost by 7 wickets at home to Brecon after posting 183.

🏏Machen 2nd XI away to TAW CC, Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff Sat 19 July, 12:30, Div 11 Dean Starling, Nick Hatton, Dewi Thomas, Jonny Cross capt, Owen Tamplin, Mike Hinchley, Delme Smith, Dan Leonard, Will Owen, Liam Coupland, Mark Odgers

🏏Machen 1st XI 🆚 Brecon H 12:30 Sat 19- Div 3- come & support us at the Welfare Ground! Dev Singh, Mohammad Hassan, Raja Saddam Yousaf, Mir Shahzad, Josh Masih, Ranpreet Singh Grover, Qasim Mohammad, Mike Fussell (c), Samir Khan, Arbab Haroon, Murad Mughal Good luck guys!

🏏Max points for Machen 2nd XI 🆚 Croesyceiliog 🔥 Croesy 173 (34.2) Meirion Pugh 3-33, Dewi Thomas 2-17, Mark Odgers 2-23 Machen 176-4 (35.5) Jonny Cross 49*, Delme Smith 44, Nick Hatton 16, Dewi 15 Machen win by 6 wickets @allwalessport.bsky.social

🏏Narrow loss by 12 runs, but 9 bonus points for Machen 1st XI in the Chepstow heat Chepstow 192 (42.4) Arbab Buland 5-30, Raja Saddam Yousaf 2-17, Murad Mughal 2-30 Machen 180 (42.5) Raja 28, Ranpreet Singh Grover 24, Samir Khan 23, Mir Shahzad 16*, Murad 15 @allwalessport.bsky.social

🏏Sat 12 July sees the 1st XI at Chepstow and the 2nd XI host Croesyceiliog in SE Wales League Team details on Facebook 😎We should get better weather than last week, but the same results would be welcome 💥 Come and support us at the Welfare Ground from 1230 or on the road

🏏Machen 1st XI beat Llandaff 2nd XI by 11 runs in a 20-overs SEWCLeague match 💥 Machen 133-9 (Shah Khan 24, Ranpreet Singh Grover 16) Llandaff 122-6 (Mir Shahzad 2-19) Well played to all involved in difficult circumstances We are now sixth in Div 3 W5 L4 NR1

🏏Congratulations to Machen 1st XI who won a hotly-contested 20-ovmatch at Llandaff💥 & Machen 2nd XI who beat Dinas Powys 3rd XI by 23 runs thanks to an outstanding performance by Mike Fussell (74* & 5-20) Machen 155-5 (30 ov) Dinas Powys 132 a/o (26.4) Both teams rewarded for playing thru rain!

🏏Summer fun for Machen CC’s Dynamos and AllStars youngsters as they enjoy a BBQ and medals presentation evening 🎖️👏🏽

🏏Sat 5 July💥 🚗Machen 1st XI at Llandaff: Dev Singh (c), Muhammad Hassan, Raja Saddam Yousaf, Qasim Muhammad, Ranpreet Singh Grover, Josh Masih, Mir Shahzad , Arbab Buland, Drashtant Pambhar, Abrad Raja, Samir Khan Welcome to our newcomers Qasim, Shahzad & ‘Super’ Raja

🏏🏡Machen 2nd XI 🆚 Dinas Powys home 12:30 - support welcome 👏🏼 Jonny Cross (c), Delme Smith, Rhys Mellor-Cretney, Simon Lee, Clive Fussell, Owen Tamplin, Will Owen, Nick Webb, Gareth Hughes, Dan Leonard, Nigel Hicks 12: Liam Coupland Welcome to Gareth-welcome back to Nigel 😉

🏏ALL STARS & DYNAMOS Games/ BBQ/ Medal Presentation evening from 6pm Friday 4 July 🌟⚡️ Burgers, hot dogs, sweets, popcorn, fizzy and soft drinks, and alcohol (for over 18s!) on sale. It would be great to see as many as possible of our AllStars & Dynamos ❗️😎 📸Pic from 2024

🏏A good weekend for Machen under 9s who beat Sudbrook B and Newport Fugitives, while our under 11s hosted Rogerstone who took the victory at the Welfare. Well done to all our players, coaches and relatives who provide taxi services 😉

🏏Latest 💯 Club Draw winners 💷 🥇86 R A Owen 🥈68 Martyn Morgan Thanks to everyone who pays in, if you’d like to support grassroots sport for just a pound a month, pls 📧 Treasurer Kim ➡️ [email protected]

🏏SEWCLeague Div 11 Cardiff Titans 288-9 (Dan Leonard 3-46) Machen 2nd XI 251-8 (Ian Thomas 132, Delme Smith 71) Titans win by 37 runs - Machen 🔟 bonus points 💥

🏏SEWCLeague Div 3: Machen beat Crumlin by 4 wickets Crumlin 162 (Raja Saddam Yousaf 3-32, Samir Khan 2-32, Mohammad Hassan 2-36, Sid Khadka 1-15, Arbab Haroon 1-29) 💥Machen 163-6 (Drashtant Pambhar 32, Mike Fussell 27*, Shah Khan 24, Rhys Mellor-Cretney 22*) Next Llandaff (a) Sat 5 July

🏏Machen 2nd XI selection for SEWCLeague Div 11 🆚 Cardiff Titans ⏰Sat 28 June 12:30 start- support welcome 👏🏼 Dean Starling, Nick Hatton, Ian Thomas, Delme Smith (c), Jake Preston, Sid Khadka, Dan Leonard, James Mashford, Henry Thomas, Will Owen, Nick Webb 👍🏼Good luck to all

🏏SEWCLeague selection Sat 28 June 12:30 start - support welcome 💥1st XI at Crumlin: Mohammad Hassan, Dewi Thomas, Raja Saddam Yousaf, Shah Khan, Mike Fussell (c), Ranpreet Singh Grover, Drashtant Pambhar, Rhys Mellor-Cretney, Samir Khan, Arbab Haroon, Murad Mughal

🏏Machen 1st XI beat Miskin Manor by 97 runs in SEWales Div 3 Machen 242 (Ranpreet Singh Grover 87) Miskin Manor 145 (Arbab Haroon 4-33) Machen 2nd XI beat Hopkinstown by 95 runs Machen 2nd XI lost at Llandaff by 11 runs in a rearranged fixture Maximum bonus points from all 3 games 💥

🏏Well done to Machen under 11s beating Croesyceiliog; 286 plays 261👍🏼 Billy and Jasper were top scorers while Mia was the most successful bowler 👏🏽

🏏Machen 1st XI lost at Creigiau by 5 wickets Machen 134 (Ahsan Naqash 28) Creigiau 135-5 (Murad Mughal 2-14, Raja Saddam Yousaf 2-17) 🏏 Machen 2s lost to Cardiff Kits by 3 wkts Machen 153 (Delme Smith 57*, Dewi Thomas 29, Nick Hatton 22) Kits 154-7 (Meirion Pugh 3-23, Will Owen 2-24, Smith 2-28)

🏏Sat 14 June: Machen CC 1st XI at Creigiau 💥Samir Khan, Bilal, Raja, Shah Khan (capt), Hassan, Masih, Ahsan, Arbab Buland, Ranpreet, Arbab Haroon, Murad Machen 2nd XI host Cardiff Kits, support welcome 1230👏🏽 💥Starling, D Thomas, Hatton, Cross, Toghill, Khadka, Smith, Davies, Leonard, Owen, Pugh

🏏Machen under 11s feature in the South Wales Argus junior cricket supplement issued today (11 June) Well done to our players and coaches 👏🏽

🏏Very competitive showing from our under 11s at Blackwood with a narrow defeat Under 9s beat Blackwood & went down to their hosts Ponthir but are still second in their league 👏🏽Well done to all players, coaches & families involved 👍🏼Thanks to the host clubs

🏏MATCH OFF: Despite our best efforts, the umpire made the decision at 1300 to call the game off because of wet conditions….

🏏Match OFF: Machen 3rd XI friendly 🆚 St Fagans 5th XI at Cefn Forest is called off because of heavy rain and a poor forecast

🏏Machen 1st XI host Barry Athletic 1230 Sat 7 June, support welcome at the Welfare 💥Samir Khan, Muhammad Junaid, Raja Saddam Yousef, Shah Khan (c), Muhammad Hassan, Josh Masih, Ahsan Naqash, Arbab Buland, Ranpreet Singh Grover, Arbab Haroon, Murad Mughal Machen 3rd XI host St Fagans @ Cefn Forest